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DPR sat down with Dr. Jan Bellows, a board certified veterinary dentist and president of the American Veterinary Dental College, to discuss veterinary dentistry, and what that can mean for man's best friend.

I recently had the chance to sit down and chat with Kara Vavrosky, RDH, who is an accomplished dental hygienist. She runs the popular Facebook page, Dental Hygiene with Kara RDH and is also the founder of DentalHygieneAnswers.com, a question and answer platform for dental hygienists.

There’s no question that technology plays a big role every day for today’s dental hygienist … but are there pieces of technology that hygienists could add to their arsenal or use more effectively in the battle against oral disease?

So exactly how happy are dental hygienists around the country? That’s what we set out to explore through a recent Modern Hygienist survey where we asked hygienists from around the country to tell us about not only how happy they were in the practice where they work.

As dental professionals, spending your day working in a small oral cavity plays a major role in ergonomics, and how your body feels at the end of the day. The dental field offers three basic types of optical aids that will magnify your small workspace: procedure scopes, surgical operating microscopes and loupes.

Do you believe that the lips are part of what dental professionals should be checking when their dental patients come into the practice?

Untapped Power in 5½ Minutes If your patient is experiencing their dental hygiene care as a prophy, a brush and floss lecture and quick dentist check at the end, then you are NOT getting the most out of the most powerful 5 ½ minutes in your hygiene appointment.

While pet owners hold concern for their four-legged friend’s oral health, many do not have the time or forget to brush their dog’s teeth.

 “Immune Response” can easily be defined as the immune system attacking microorganisms that cause disease in our bodies.

For Karey Kershner, RDH, BS, the true testament of how well NUPRO® extra care prophy paste from DENTSPLY Professional worked came in the form of a compliment from a patient.

PeriRx LLC, a company developing non-invasive, oral diagnostic technology, recently released their latest diagnostic finding that will aid in early detection of Sjögren’s Syndrome.  

The most common objection to providing additional services in the hygiene department is, "I don't have enough time to do more." That’s understandable. As the dental hygienists in the office, we are the direct line to patients, spending the most one-on-one time with them. As we all know, the list of required duties for a dental hygiene appointment is long and it includes talking.

When I first talked to Anastasia Turchetta, RDH, about e-cigarettes in February, the video was one of the most popular and most discussed among dental professionals on our site. With some new data being released, we decided to revisit the topic.